on tv channel belarus 244. on air news now, i, vladislav bondar, will tell you about the main thing by this hour. hello. belarus is ready for dialogue with all countries without exception, but on the principles of equality. justice is

the basis of our foreign policy, the president today addressed the ambassadors of foreign states, accepting the diplomats' credentials. the ceremony traditionally took place at the independence palace. alexander lukashenko noted that today is an important time for the country; a single voting day is ahead. besides, this is the year of the eightieth anniversary of the country's liberation from fascism, and also a year of quality. it should give impetus to the development of our production. tandem with partners, belarus expects to achieve more.

we are ready for your counter-proposals that will organically fit into the achievement of these goals in terms of modern projects, exchange of experience and improvement of the acquisition of the latest developments. we proceed from the fact that improving the quality of life of people is possible subject to maintaining security, a just world, fair distribution of resources and result. labor, this can be achieved if we work together, and not cut. only through peace and stability will we be able to guarantee a decent future for our children and grandchildren. alexander lukashenko received letters of credence from the ambassadors of eight countries, azerbaijan, kyrgyzstan, turkey and aman, as well as japan, nepal, uzbekistan and the republic of guinea. the updated type missions of these states are already starting their work in belarus today. from the features

of the election campaign to global political issues. outreach project the test conversation continues to travel around the country's universities. today such a dialogue took place at bntu. more than 100 first-year students joined the conversation; these are future engineers and programmers. on february 25, they will have to take part in the vote for the first time. and in order to make the choice of young people more informed, political scientist yegor makarevich told them about the nuances of the upcoming single voting day. students were also interested in the military-political situation, national security, civil-patriotic education and support of youth. such meetings as the test conversation are very important for young people, because they inform us about the election campaign, and on february 25 we will already know where to go, and i will already make my choice for whom to vote. as a future engineer, the future of my country is very important to me, which one?

energy will develop on one side, especially in my specialty, so i believe that each person should decide for himself, build his own future, every vote is important, because it bricks from which our future is built, it’s nice that the guys today are interested in the election campaign, not only are they interested, but are actively participating in it, we see that there are a large number of candidates both for local elections and... at the parliamentary level, who are young representatives of our belarusian society, this suggests that young people today are ready not only to come to the polling station, not only to choose their representative in the legislative bodies and representative bodies of our country, but itself to represent the interests of one or another social group, its university or its enterprise. in total , 13 test conversations took place at bntu, they brought together more than 3,000 young people, and now the university continues in... a meeting with candidates for deputies. for almost

10 years they fought for peace on afghan soil, becoming a barrier to international terrorism. today is the thirty-fifth anniversary of the soviet withdrawal. from afghanistan. commemorative events are held throughout the country. the war in afghanistan has affected thousands of belarusians families, about 30 thousand natives of belarus served there. 771 people did not return from the hot spot. almost the same number remained disabled. the memory of the fallen soldiers was immortalized in stone on the island of courage of sorrow in minsk. the names of heroes, warriors, afghans who gave their lives are carved into the wall of the chapel. in total there are 21 thousand soldiers in belarus. internationalists. we had many tasks: escorting convoys, destroying gangs, ambushes, destroying caravans with weapons, drugs, and a lot of guarding soviet specialists who worked there in afghanistan.